Chapter 4:

Max woke up in a cold sweat, as her alarm buzzed. She looked around the cruddy motel room. Getting up slowly, she cracked her neck a bit before hopping into the shower and then she slipped into her clothes. After getting dressed she packed up her things and walked out. To her astonishment seven guns were aimed at her face, White standing behind the group. He hadn't been -that- distracted to completely ignore her. Little did she know that Alec had been recaptured, and anything about May. But she would, once she was brought back to Manticore. Stun guns were used on her, probably too much, and she was ever so easily brought back to Manticore.

Caught that easily, horrid nightmares haunted her for the hours of time that the sedatives kept Max asleep. Unable to wake from the nightmares she shivered in her forced sleep. She woke to her nightmare, Manticore, and White. She almost fell off the bed in her cell. But didn't. She noticed White standing at her door, leaning against and looking at his watch. She glared at him.

White smirked. "Your too easy Max. Your replaceable, and you were so easy to catch now I have two of you. What will I do? " He asked himself.

Max glared, her dark eyes not wavering as she watched him carefully. He was holding a laser type device that she knew to bring pain. "How should I know?" she spat back, angrily.

White smirked, watching her struggle to get up and attack him, but she found herself chained by the feet and hands respectively so that she could either sit, lie down, or stand, but no more. "I think, you shall be my test bunny. May and Alec are too precious to waste on testing. Or maybe, you can take your mother's old job and give birth to future transgenics. What do you think about that?"

Once again, May was spoken of. Who the heck was May? Max didn't have a clue, but she didn't like the sound of her. "Who is May?" she asked, ignoring his provocative statements.

Again, White held his smirk, he chuckled to himself, he was in heaven watching Max this way. "May. is a nineteen year old, beautiful girl. She's a wonderful transgenic. More human than you, and definitely the future of Manticore. Her and Alec get along very well."

Max just glared. "I don't care about Alec. He's a complete jerk. And, any girl that he gets along with very well has got to be a waste."

White stepped closer to her, using the device on her chest, she writhed with pain, and he stopped a minute later, watching her fall back to the wall.

"Did that hurt? He asked expectantly. "You know the rules, follow them." He said, before exiting the small cell she occupied.

Max moaned it really did hurt. She was out of shape for this. "Bastard." She murmured.

About a half hour later, White was standing at the top of the tower room in the forest where the scavenger hunt had been held. At the same time, Max was having testing done under heavy sedatives. However, May and Alec were wondering the forest, as told. They were supposed to walk around the forest and take out any opponents they found, taking the marker the other team had on their top. This time, they were only in short sleeve black tops, gray cameo pants, and black boots.

May and Alec were just talking. They'd beaten seven teams so far. That meant only twelve left.

"Least it's not raining. and at least I'm not wearing white." She said grinning as they stepped over a log.

"I wouldn't have minded," he said back to her, grinning slyly.

She nudged him in the shoulder. "Hey." she said laughing. " Alec, how old are you?" she asked, slightly curious.

Alec grinned, and answered. "Twenty-three."

May nodded to herself as she walked side-by-side with Alec around the forest trails. It had been a strategy, to appear not to be doing anything but actually paying the utmost attention. And, so far had worked.

"Is that a problem that I'm four years older then you?" he asked, suddenly curious of her prodding.

"No. not at all." She responded, and kept walking, looking around and spotting another team far off. "Alec, there is a team over their." She said hugging him and directing his vision to them.

"Aww, thank you for pointing that out. Now, lets keep walking until we're about 50 yards away and then go beat up and steal the marker. Okay?" he said as he let her go.

"Okay." she answered obediently.

And, the tiny cameras on their shirts recorded both sound and vision. So, the hug was recorded. White watched, and listened. Carefully, and he took note of the tone of voices they used around each other. The pair was definitely smart, and good. But, even White could see it coming. They had feelings. And feelings got in the way of duty. Something would have to be done. He frowned, he hated having to do this to them. Possibly he could change the two's mind's to work to his own good.

And, he continued to begin plotting his manipulation while Alec and May beat the other team efficiently and stole the marker. Another ring of disqualification for 'Team 7' rang through the woods. Alec and May were Team 3. Team 1 and Team 2 had already been taken out. There was now only 12 Team's left on the field including Team 3.

The Team's that had been disqualified already were doing laps, pushups, fighting drills, and under-water training four fields over. The top three teams would get a free afternoon if they finished quickly enough.

About an hour later, Team 3, Team 17, and Team 11 were left, and White's voice came over the woods among the many loudspeakers. "All three team's left on the field at this time must return to the North tower, all disqualified teams head to field 7 for drills."

And by the time all teams were at the bottom of the North tower, White was standing their, hands in his black long coat's pockets. Guards wandered the premises and the six transgenics stood at ease in front of White.

"Since you three team's are coming out top in mostly everything we've been doing this past year. I've decided to give you all three days off of training. You are all loyal, now, go, and don't get in our way or you'll find yourself with the others doing drills all day and night. Dismissed." He said clearly. But called for Alec and May to come to him a moment later, they'd stayed and were having a slightly private conversation, after taking off cameras and turning them off.

"Yes, Sir." They answered and frowned as they walked to him and followed him once more down the tunnel between the field and Manticore's main building.

"I've noticed." began White. " that you two, share feelings for each other. Am I not correct?" he asked, wondering how far the relationship was going between 494 and 497.

Both Alec and May froze, looked to each other and frowned. Though May's expression was more a worried pout.

Alec answered first. "Sir. I have feelings for 497, yes. She is wonderful." He said, unsurely, but truthfully. He knew if he lied he'd been in deeper trouble.

Unexpectedly, White responded rather positively. "Good. I've been waiting for you two to warm up to each other."

May's turn to respond first. "Why, Sir?" she asked. And even a year of Manticore didn't hide the worried note in her voice.

"Because you two are going to mating partners. I can't rely on you two to stay alive long enough to clone your DNA. You must produce." He ordered, walking in front of them. Two guards in front of him, one on each side, two behind him, two behind Alec and May, and one on each side of them. This forced the two closer together as they walked the mile back to the main complex.

"Oh." May answered, leaning slightly into Alec for support. She felt like she could collapse. Not from being tired, but from. that demand. It frightened her.

Alec put an arm around May's waist protectively as they walked. The guard's wouldn't care, and White wouldn't notice unless he turned around.

White kept walking, not caring. "494, you will comply?" he asked. "Unless you wish to go back to 452? Considering she too is here now. Though, she's just being used for testing and to birth new X-5's." he said, taunting Alec.

"Yes, Sir. I will comply. 452? No. she's. annoying." Answered Alec.

"Good 494. And you, 497? You will willingly comply?" he asked. This time, more pressingly, he knew that May was younger. and a virgin. She'd be less willingly, and probably scared.

"Yes, Sir. Willingly." And she leant more on Alec, whose hand was rubbing her side encouragingly. Even Alec didn't expect her to reply so quickly. she must've been thinking about it before.

"Good 497. You two will be moved to a larger, more comfortable cell. As the others are, however, since 497 is newer to Manticore, and younger then the rest of the transgenics I decided it would be best if I spoke to you two, rather then the other officers." He said, as the continued walking. They were only about a quarter of the way their. Giving him much more time to scare 497 out of her mind, and leave Alec feeling like a horrid person.

The guards around Alec and May didn't seem to care that his arm was still around May. They didn't have any orders not to let it happen. And, they all had the general idea that if 494 didn't have his arm around 497 that 497 would of fainted and one of them would end up carrying her a mile, which wasn't on the top of their list.

White continued. "497, have you had any sexual contact with anyone else in your past?" he asked, knowing the answer, but asking anyway.

"No, Sir." She said in soft voice.

"Good, you're not contaminated with any viruses then. 494, you've had sexual contact before, yes?" he asked, again, knowing the answer but asking just to scare May. And, he took a lot of pleasure in scaring her so that her voice was so timid.

Alec answered, holding May tighter in an apologizing manner for what he was about to say. "Yes, Sir, before with some other transgenics during my stay here before 452 blew up Manticore. And after with some girls before Manticore was re-built." He admitted. "But I don't have any viruses, Sir." He added, wincing as May leant away from him slightly. He hated seeing her like this, he felt so dirty.

White grinned as he walked onward. "That's alright 494, you can be a good partner this little virgin." He said, wanting to laugh. If only Alec had remembered all that he'd done to piss White off then he might've realized that it was more personal then it seemed.

Alec swallowed, and held May tighter. "Yes, Sir." He answered blandly. His hands were warm against May's cold and slender figure. She almost shivered; she was soaked, since it had begun to rain heavily in the last half hour. He was fairly wet, but had dried off sooner, more muscle, more mass, more heat.

Only a third of a mile left to go.

"Good 494, I'm sure 497 will be pleased, I'm sure. Won't you 497?" he asked, slyly grinning at this. He was having all too much fun taunting them.

No answer, May leant into Alec for support, she didn't want to answer. She still had 18 years of a normal life in her memory. Old boyfriends, her first kiss. She hadn't even made out in her life; even during heat she'd not done anything! Alec held her gently, rubbing her side protectively.

"Of course she will, Sir." Alec answered for her.

Least she wasn't in heat. That would make him seem even dirtier.

White grinned. "497, when was the last time you were in heat?"

May's expression faltered, unsure. It had been about four months ago and she had to stay in her cell for a day and night alone. The whole time, thinking of Alec, that was when she first realized she'd had feelings for him. "Four months ago." she answered, once again her voice gone quieter.

Alec grimaced, but still held to her. He knew. but did she realize? She would be in heat, soon.

White spoke first. "Oh, wouldn't that mean your due to be in heat again soon? Oh well, you and 494 will just have to cope."

Alec and May answered at the same time. "Yes, Sir."

Finally, they reached the main complex, and went up the stairs. White dismissed the two with the guards to there new room. Only when White turned around had Alec let go of May's waist.

After Alec and May reached the new room, that actually had carpet, a king size bed, a couch, a table and three chairs, no windows, no paintings. But, it was defiantly an upgrade compared to the cells they had been in. A stack of fresh clothes for both Alec and May were in one corner.

They both sat down the bed, and watched the guard shut the door, that amazingly didn't have a barred window, but it was still metal. The walls of the room were also a cold colored blue; the carpet was blue and not very soft. But it was carpet, not stone, and May appreciated it all the same.

"Well. that. was frightening." Started May, lying back on the blue schemed bed, that actually had a comforter and two pillows.

Alec looked back at her, frowning. "I'm sorry."

"Why?" she said, closing her eyes and looking at the ceiling.

"Because. he targeted you to scare you. And made me feel like a complete jerk." He answered watching her, his eyes trailing over her form. "Do you want me to take your boots off? We wouldn't want to dirty our bed now, or get it all wet." he said getting up, and pulling her off the bed. The bed was still dry, but he was sure if she'd stayed there it would have received a wet spot where she'd lain.

"Sure." She answered, sitting down on the floor lazily. He sat across from her, untying her boots and slipping them off, then preceding to take off her damp socks. She returned the favor by doing the same for him. They just sat for a moment, tossing their things in an empty corner of the room.

May spoke up first. "Now what?"

"Well, we have passionate sex till daybreak, and then." he started, joking. "No, I'm just kidding. I don't know. What would you like to do.?"

"I'm not sure. But I know I don't want to wear these clothes any longer." She said, pushing herself up and walking to the corner, bending over to search the pile of clothes, finding a pair of black pants and a short- sleeved white top and changing, before walking back to him, leaning over him as she stood behind him. "Are you going to change, Alec?" she said finally, smiling.

"Of course. " He said, and in a few minutes after he changed, May and Alec were lying on the bed on their stomachs heads by the pillows. Alec was now only wearing only a pair of long black shorts, and boxers.

"Well my pretty girl. What would you like to do?" he asked, grinning slyly as he tried to read May's expressions.

She grinned, her eyes searching his face. "This." She said and kissed him softly on the lips. Her heart raced.

Alec was in minor shock, but playfully grinned and moved closer to her, and leant forward to kiss her again. Instead, he moved his lips close to her ear so that when he spoke his lips brushed her ear. "You must have read my mind." He said before moving to look into her eyes and kiss her, pushing her back onto the bed and one arm went up to her head running through her hair as he moved over her.

She wasn't used to this, but quickly May joined in and had both arms around his neck. Tongue's dueled for the other's mouth. With Alec's other hand he was massaging her back, pushing himself closer to May.

Alec slowly stopped, and moved his mouth to her neck, sending shivers down May's spine. And, moving his hands away from her head and back he slowly unbuttoned her shirt, kissing her chest, trailing down. May on the other hand was playing with his hair, grinning deviously. Alec looked up to May. "I will only do this if you want me too." He whispered.

May rubbed his head approvingly. "I do. White does. We have to or we'll just be in a worse situation. I love you."

"I love you too."

((Now, since I don't want this to be a smut ish story, that's the end of this chapter. Mwahahahahahhahahahahaha.))